Olgica Batić ( sr-Cyrl, Олгица Батић, born 7 December 1981) is a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

n lawyer and politician. She was President (2011-2017) of the now-defunct

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(DHSS) and was a member of the

National Assembly of Serbia The National Assembly ( sr-cyr, Народна скупштина, Narodna skupština, ) is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are proportionally elected to four-year terms by secret ballot. The as ...

(2012-2016). In 2017, DHSS merged into the

Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia The Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia ( sr, link=, Покрет обнове Краљевине Србије, Pokret obnove Kraljevine Srbije; abbr. ПОКС or POKS) is a monarchist and national-conservative political party ...

Biography

Olgica Batić was born on December 7, 1981, in Belgrade; her father

Vladan Batić Vladan Batić ( sr, Владан Батић; 27 July 1949 – 29 December 2010) was a Serbian lawyer and politician. He served as the Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia from 2001 until 2004. Education and career He graduated from th ...

(1949-2010) was president of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS). She attended elementary and high school in Obrenovac and high school in Belgrade. She graduated from the

Belgrade Law School The Faculty of Law of the University in Belgrade ( sr, Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду/''Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu''), also known as the Belgrade Law School, is one of the first-tier educatio ...

, University of Belgrade.

Political career

After graduation, сhe joined the legal team of DHSS. After her father's death on December 29, 2010, at the General Assembly of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia held 03.September 2011, she was elected president. During the parliamentary elections in Serbia in 2012, she took part in the coalition Choice for a Better Life, with the support of outgoing President

Boris Tadić Boris Tadić ( sr-cyr, Борис Тадић, ; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psychology ...

. The Coalition has collected 863,294 votes or 22.06% of the vote, or 67 seats in the Parliament. Olgica Batić was elected a deputy, and was a vice-president of the parliamentary group of "Serbian Renewal Movement - Christian Democratic Party of Serbia". She was member of the Committee on Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Government, Committee on Administrative, Budgetary, Mandate and Immunity Issues and deputy member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and Legislation. It was noted that Batić gave her parliamentary remuneration to charity. On 12 October 2017, the

Christian Democratic Party of Serbia The Christian Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr, Демохришћанска Странка Србије, Demohrišćanska Stranka Srbije; abbr. ДХСС, DHSS) was a political party in Serbia. History The party was founded in 1997 by Vladan Ba ...

merged into the

. Batić stated full support for the Movement's primary goals - traditional values, preserving the family, the fight for Serbian farmers and the full membership of Serbia in the European Union.

Legal career

Olgica Batić is a lawyer in the Batić Law Office. During the lawyer's career she was engaged in a number of prosecutions that have occupied the attention of the public, including the representation of the family of one of the victims of the Guards in Topčider Case. At the beginning of her career she gained experience in working with her father, Dr.

. Olgica Batić participated in a number of cases in different areas, from homicide, the representation of the largest companies in Serbia, to the provision of assistance to citizens in different areas.

References

External links

Law Officea Batić: Olgica V.BatićBlic Online - Olgica BatićVesti Online - Olgica BatićOpened Parliament - Olgica BatićSerbian Female PoliticiansMarija′s Law - Olgica Batić - Press Conference
{{DEFAULTSORT:Batic, Olgica 1981 births Living people People from Obrenovac University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni 21st-century Serbian lawyers Serbian women lawyers Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Christian Democratic Party of Serbia politicians 21st-century Serbian women politicians 21st-century Serbian politicians Women members of the National Assembly (Serbia)